Audit Manager

About this role

Job Description Ready to take your career global? Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. About the role The Audit Manager will be the administrative manager for a team of auditors taking on the role of coach and mentor guiding staff and seniors in achieving their career and departmental goals. Additionally, the manager serves as project manager for Internal Audit projects throughout the calendar year. The manager is the primary person responsible for the execution on audit projects and maintains a strong relationship with senior personnel both within the Internal Audit organization as well as within the various lines of business across Worldpay. Managers are responsible to lead multiple projects with integrated technology and finance audit teams concurrently. Managers should have a solid understanding of the Worldpay business and demonstrate technical competence. They use this competence to ensure quality on engagements. A manager is proficient in applying risk and control concepts to scenarios encountered, identifying issues, and designing complex test programs that suit the circumstances. Managers should be able to clearly articulate the value driven by Internal Audit to audit stakeholders. Managers are responsible for developing and maintaining relationships within the business community and serve as ambassadors of Internal Audit.

About the team As trusted advisors to management, Global Payments Internal Audit provides independent audits of operational, financial, IT, and regulatory compliance processes in the fast-paced fintech industry. While challenging ourselves to think outside the box to make the business better, we work collaboratively to conduct risk-based assessments and deliver high value findings to assist Global Payments in achieving its goals. Collectively, we are a team of inclusive, diverse, and performance driven self-starters. To support our associates, we provide a clear career path and reward performance by promoting from within. We offer a mentorship program, internal training, plus a budget for external training, hundreds of free online classes, and certification opportunities. We celebrate success and value flexibility, encouraging our team members to work in ways that meet their work/life commitments and support their wellbeing.

What you will be doing • Provide a key leadership role in the Global Payments internal audit function.

• Lead, teach, and mentor audit staff, seniors, and supervisors through the provision of meaningful and timely performance coaching and feedback, as well as input on development goals and training, to develop a high-performance environment.

• Direct the successful execution of audit teams for multiple financial, operational, regulatory, and/or Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) audits at a time, ensuring they are value add, completed timely, with a focus on audit quality.

• Establish appropriate project plan and milestones within the audits for teams to be successful and accountable for audit tasks and outcomes.

• Support project team scoping of audit engagements and confirmation of risks and controls and corresponding test plans.

• Ensure workpapers and other audit materials meet all relevant professional practice and FIS internal audit methodology requirements.

• Be involved in communicating observations in real-time and thoroughly vetting observations with management to align on factual accuracy and potential action plans.

• Communicate well-written and meaningful reports summarizing audit results.

• Oversee and manage audit finding tracking and documentation of status updates obtained via management action owners and perform timely review of remediation testing.

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of annual risk assessment documentation to ensure a risk-based approach to annual and engagement planning.

• Keep abreast of audit best practices and proactively identify ways to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of audit execution.

• Develop and foster professional relationships with senior level stakeholders, as well as peers in other functions such as Risk, Compliance, and Security; establish trust and credibility.

• Establish themselves as a valued business partner to assigned area of focus and elevate the role of Internal Audit within the business.

• Represent the audit function effectively in communications with regulatory agencies, clients, and other stakeholders.

• Effectively manage special investigations and projects in addition to traditional audit projects.

What you bring • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or technology or the equivalent combination of education, training, or work experience.

• Hold one or more relevant professional certifications such as CPA (Certified Public Accountant), CIA, CISA and CFE. Public accounting firm experience is desirable but not required.

• Minimum of six years of relevant experience, preferably in a Fortune 500 or professional services firm:  • Although financial services and/or technology industry experience is highly desired, other industry experience will be considered, as appropriate.  Experience in highly regulated environments is a plus.

• Professional services experience acquired from a Big 4 environment or highly regarded consulting firm is desired.

• Ability and willingness to travel (0-10%, depending on location).

• Excellent communication skills (oral and written).

• Organized and results oriented.

• Strong audit, business, and technology acumen.

• Solid understanding of the Institute of Internal Audit (IIA) standards.

• Demonstrates high integrity, credibility, and trustworthiness to both the audit team and business stakeholders.

• Effective team building, coaching and development, and persuasion skills.

• Ability to manage integrated teams with personnel possessing a range of experience and subject matter expertise.

• Proactive and high-quality execution focus.

• Effective negotiation skills.

• Ability to recognize and a

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